Shipwreck · Galveston, Texas
SS Selma
An experimental concrete tanker built at Mobile, Alabama, because of World War I steel shortages, and launched on June 28, 1919. She carried oil in the Gulf of Mexico until she struck a jetty at Tampico, Mexico, in 1920. Repairs and a sale both failed, and she was sunk off Pelican Island on March 9, 1922. She lies partly submerged in Galveston Bay, seen across the water from Seawolf Park, and is a State Archeological Landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Don’t swim out from the park: the ship channel is busy.
Open in the viewer from Seawolf Park, Pelican Island →
Quick facts
| Type | Shipwreck, concrete oil tanker |
|---|---|
| Lost | 9 March 1922 |
| Built | 1919 |
| Position | 29.3442°N, 94.7863°W (approximate, ±50 m) |
| From Seawolf Park, Pelican Island | 1.2 km (0.7 mi), bearing 316° NW |
| Source | Wikipedia; OpenStreetMap; Texas Historical Commission |
How to see it
Above water and inside the horizon from Seawolf Park, Pelican Island, 1.2 km (0.7 mi) away, so on a clear day it can be seen from there, and CoastFinder puts a label on it.
Further reading: SS Selma (1919) on Wikipedia.
On the website for now. This shipwreck is in the web viewer first. The CoastFinder app covers the North Carolina coast today; follow @coastfinderapp to hear when more coasts arrive.
Nearby
- Point Bolivar LighthouseLighthouse · 3.1 km
- Halfmoon Reef LighthouseLighthouse · 195 km
- Matagorda Island LighthouseLighthouse · 28 m · 195 km
- Lydia Ann LighthouseLighthouse · 276 km
- Port Isabel LighthouseLighthouse · 434 km
Not for navigation. Positions and depths come from public charts and records, with their sources named above; they are for looking, not for piloting a boat.